Automated Pending Arrival Info as Incentive to take Public Transit
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Automated Pending Arrival Info as Incentive to take Public Transit |
Japan and Australia have had these for ages. In the picture below you can see that some of the older stations actually use old-fashioned moving physical digits and letters, such as were in digital alarm clock in the 60's and 70's before LEDs. In Australia/New Zealand, brightly burning LEDs already allow you to walk to a bus stop and recognize from a distance that there is time to step into a store for a few minutes as the bus not quite there. This works with a transponder on the bus giving off a unique signal based on its current location. (Location self-determination is already available in most buses and does not require GPS, typically the driver aligns an announcement tape with the current station, and is able to briefly delay the tape if he lags behind). 
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